Ottawa, ON – The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Leader of Canada’s Common Sense Conservatives, released the following statement on Justin Trudeau’s disastrous budget:   “After eight years of Justin Trudeau, the budget is still not balancing itself. Everything Justin Trudeau spends money on gets worse and more costly. Trudeau has spent, Canadians are broke, and the country is broken.   “We have a doubling of housing costs. We have 8,000 people joining a Facebook group to study how they can get a meal out of a dumpster after food prices have gone up faster than at any time in a ..read more

Ottawa, ON – Stephanie Kusie, Conservative Shadow Minister for Treasury Board, and Kelly Block, Conservative Shadow Minister for Public Services and Procurement, released the following statement after the Procurement Ombudsman found the Trudeau Government favoured McKinsey, a Liberal-connected firm with over $100 million in government contracts: “After eight years of Justin Trudeau, millions of Canadians are struggling to afford the cost of living. Food banks had to manage a record two million visits in a single month last year, while families have to choose between filling up their car or hea ..read more

Ottawa, ON — Dane Lloyd, Conservative Shadow Minister for Emergency Preparedness, and Common Sense Conservatives are calling on the Liberal Government to add forest firefighters to the list of Public Safety Occupations. Currently, the definition of firefighter under the National Occupational Classification does not list forest firefighters as a Public Safety Occupation. Since forest firefighters are considered silviculture and forestry workers, they are ineligible for the same potential retirement benefits as other kinds of firefighters.  “Canada’s Forest Firefighters are heroes who ..read more

Ottawa, ON – Michael Cooper, Conservative Shadow Minister for Democratic Reform, released the following statement on the Liberals’ attempt to shut down an investigation into the serious national security breach that is reported to have occurred following the Liberal nomination contest in Don Valley North: “After eight years of Justin Trudeau, Canada’s democratic institutions have never been more vulnerable. This has become even more clear as we learned from a recent report in The Globe and Mail that there was a criminal leak from this Liberal government which resulted in a Liberal member ..read more

Ottawa, ON – Life in Canada has never been more expensive. Justin Trudeau and his Liberal-NDP coalition have driven up the cost of everything by placing a cruel tax on farmers, truckers and families. As a direct consequence of their policies, food banks had to manage a record 2 million visits in a single month last year, with a million additional visits in 2024. While one in ten people in Toronto are having to rely on food banks to survive. The cost of groceries, gas and heating has become unaffordable in Canada because Justin Trudeau and the NDP introduced a carbon tax, and then hiked it ..read more

Ottawa, ON – After eight years, Justin Trudeau is no longer listening to Canadians. At a time when one in ten people in Toronto are having to rely on food banks, and when more than half of Canadians are only $200 away from missing their bills, Justin Trudeau went ahead and hiked his carbon tax by 23% on April 1st. Trudeau decided to hike the carbon tax even though 70% of Canadians and 70% of provincial premiers opposed it. He even refused to listen to his former Liberal ally, the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as three other provincial Liberal parties, who asked him not to incre ..read more

Ottawa, ON – After eight years of Justin Trudeau, the cost of housing has doubled. Rent has increased by 107 percent and it now takes Canadians 25 years to save up for a downpayment. Today, RBC confirmed that Canada’s housing crisis is only going to get worse under Justin Trudeau. They reported that Canada must build 320,000 homes every year just to ensure housing doesn’t get any more expensive. This is an increase of 50 percent from current housing completion rates, but under Trudeau, Canada continues to build fewer homes for Canadians to live in. In 2023, Canada only had 240,0 ..read more

Ottawa, ON – After eight years of Justin Trudeau, life in Canada has become unaffordable. Food banks had to deal with a record two million visits in a single month last year, with an additional million visits expected in 2024. Justin Trudeau has unleashed economic misery across Canada. But instead of providing Canadians with some relief, he decided to hike the carbon tax again on April 1st by 23%. This is just one step in Trudeau’s plan to make everything more expensive by quadrupling the carbon tax over the next six years. But even though 70% of Canadians and 70% of provincial premiers asked ..read more

Ottawa, ON – The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the Official Opposition, released the following statement on the Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge: “On April 9th, 1917, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps launched their offensive at Vimy Ridge. Standing together on the battlefield for the first time, they charged against the wind-driven snow and sleet into the face of deadly shellfire. The four days of this costly battle would ultimately deliver victory to the Allies, marking a pivotal moment in the evolution of our country and shaping the ..read more

Ottawa, ON – The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the Official Opposition, released the following statement on Sikh Heritage Month:  “From the foundational days of Guru Nanak to the establishment of the Khalsa and into the present day, the teachings of Sikhism have remained as resonant as ever. These teachings bring hope and light to millions of people around the world. Emphasizing the timeless values of compassion, generosity and equality for all, the Sikh faith has inspired generations of people to lead lives characterized by truth and service ..read more